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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}{{Infobox election | {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}{{Infobox election | ||
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| leader1 = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | | leader1 = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | ||
| image1 = [[File:Bezawada Gopal Reddy.png|68px]] | | image1 = [[File:Bezawada Gopal Reddy.png|68px]] | ||
| image2 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png|68px]] | |||
| election_date = | | election_date = | ||
| seats_needed1 = 99 | | seats_needed1 = 99 | ||
| previous_mps = | | previous_mps = | ||
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress]] | | after_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] | ||
| map_alt = | | map_alt = | ||
| map = | | map = | ||
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | | title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | ||
| before_election = Vacant ([[President's rule]]) | | before_election = Vacant ([[President's rule]]) | ||
| before_party = | | before_party = | ||
| posttitle = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | | posttitle = [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] | ||
| after_election = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | | after_election = [[B. Gopala Reddy]] | ||
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| seats2 = 15 | | seats2 = 15 | ||
| seats1 = 119 | | seats1 = 119 | ||
| popular_vote1 = 3,394,109 | |||
| percentage1 = 39.35% | |||
| popular_vote2 = 2,685,251 | |||
| percentage2 = 31.13% | |||
| next_mps = | | next_mps = | ||
| Opinion_poll = | | Opinion_poll = | ||
| leader2 = | | leader2 = | ||
| party2 = [[Communist Party of India]] | | party2 = [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] | ||
| seats_before2 = | | seats_before2 = | ||
| seats_needed2 = 99 | | seats_needed2 = 99 | ||
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| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}} | | {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]] | | style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| | | [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|INC_Flag_Official|35px]] | ||
| 142 || 119 || 60.71 || 33,94,109 || 39.35 | | 142 || 119 || 60.71 || 33,94,109 || 39.35 | ||
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== By-elections == | == By-elections == | ||
On 16 July 1955 a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and State Minister for Agriculture [[N. Venkata Rama Rao]]. N. Venkataratnam of the [[Indian National Congress]] was elected unopposed.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. | On 16 July 1955 a by-election was held for the Burugupudi seat after the death of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and State Minister for Agriculture [[N. Venkata Rama Rao]]. N. Venkataratnam of the [[Indian National Congress]] was elected unopposed.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. {{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Bye-election results 1952-95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183847/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=XLS}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cMTAAAAIAAJ|title=Asian Recorder, Vol. 1|year=1955|page=326}}</ref><ref name="FisherBondurant19562">{{cite book|author1=Margaret Welpley Fisher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wg82AAAAIAAJ|title=The Indian experience with democratic elections|author2=Joan Valérie Bondurant|publisher=University of California|year=1956|page=4}}</ref> | ||
In July 1955 a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] (who had won two seats in the assembly election, and had to resign from one of them).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562"/> The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V.K. Reddi, won obtained 22,835 votes (60%), whilst the independent S.A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /><ref name="e2">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref> Whilst the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /> | In July 1955 a by-election was held for the Sarvepalli seat after the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]] (who had won two seats in the assembly election, and had to resign from one of them).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562"/> The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate V.K. Reddi, won obtained 22,835 votes (60%), whilst the independent S.A. Reddi got 15,218 votes (40%).<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /><ref name="e2">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref> Whilst the Congress Party won the election by a comfortable margin, its percentage of the popular vote had decreased by 7.8%.<ref name="FisherBondurant19562" /> | ||